When Long Chen personally taught the Long Family's skills, the Empress and Gan Xin also began to teach them, and 15,000 Long Family troops were formally trained.
At this time, Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai had just arrived in the capital.
"arrive."
Hu Feiyang raised his head and glanced at the north gate of the capital.
The last time they went to the capital, both of them felt uncomfortable because they thought of Daliang's demise.
But this time, both of them were looking forward to it.
"Let's go."
The two drove the carriage to the North City Gate.
It was freezing cold at this time, and apart from business travelers, there were not many pedestrians.
But the five barbarian puppets tied to the carriage still attracted the attention of passers-by.
"What is this? Is it a human?"
"Barbarian, barbarian on the grassland."
"Why did you kidnap five barbarians back? To sell them?"
In the past, when the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was at war with the barbarians, both sides would capture each other's people and sell them.
The barbarians captured the Eastern Zhou people as slaves, and the Eastern Zhou people would also capture the barbarians as coolies.
However, since Tuzhi became the Chanyu, the barbarians became de facto vassals of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and Long Chen banned the buying and selling of people.
Hu Feiyang ignored them and just said: "Stay away, they will bite people, they are poisonous and more terrifying than mad dogs."
Rabies also exists in this world, and the mortality rate after infection is also 100%.
Passers-by were startled and immediately hid and watched from a distance.
When they arrived at the city gate, the defenders immediately stopped them and asked, "What are you doing? The laws of the Zhou Dynasty prohibit human trafficking. Why are you arresting barbarians?"
The soldiers also thought they dared to trade in human beings.
Hu Feiyang took out the token from his arms and said: "Brother, we are on an errand. These five are the ghost puppets we captured. They were bitten to death by the ghosts."
The soldier looked at the token to make sure that the two men were not fake. Then he looked at the five puppets on the carriage and said in shock: "Bite them to death? Can't they still move?"
Qiu Kuohai sighed: "It would be great if they died. They can still move after being bitten by the ghost clan, and they can also be used as dead soldiers."
"So the reason why there were so many casualties in the battle at Yanmen Pass was because the ghosts were so scary."
The tragedy at Yanmen Pass was known to all the officials, common people and soldiers in the capital.
But why it was so tragic, everyone just vaguely said that it was because the ghost tribe was powerful.
When they saw the barbarian puppet, the soldiers were deeply shocked. This thing was no longer something they knew.
The people watching were also frightened and asked, "Has this thing been bitten by a ghost?"
When the prison general saw a group of people blocking the door, he immediately came down to inquire. Qiu Kuohai explained the matter clearly. The prison general immediately let them in, and at the same time sent troops to protect them and prohibited people from watching.
The carriage drove from the north gate to the entrance of the palace, and there were endless crowds of people watching. The incident of the ghost clan quickly spread throughout the capital.
When they arrived at the palace gate, the palace officials immediately sent a message to go in. Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai were waiting at the door.
Not long after, Di Yuwei and Di Xingwan came out of the palace and saw the two of them.
"Meet the princess."
The two of them only said goodbye, but did not declare their submission.
They promised to lead the soldiers of Nanliang in great battles, but they did not agree to be ministers of Zhou Dynasty.
"Two generals, please excuse me. Letters from Queen Mother and King Wu have arrived. Over at the military camp..."
Di Yuwei didn't pay attention to the carriage behind her at first. When she saw the barbarian puppet on the carriage, she was startled and asked, "What is that?"
Emperor Xingwan also saw it and couldn't help walking over. The soldier immediately stopped the princess and said: "Princess, be careful, this thing is a puppet of the ghost tribe."
Emperor Xingwan carefully looked at these five barbarian puppets. Their bodies were ashen, their eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of white, their hands and feet could still move, and they were grinning at people, as if they wanted to eat people.
"Princess, this is a barbarian tribe stranded on the grassland. They were killed by ghost tribes and became their ghost slaves."
"There are hundreds of thousands of ghost slaves outside Yanmen Pass this time. We brought five back to show the soldiers what the ghost tribe is like, and to persuade them to fight against the ghost tribe together."
Hu Feiyang explained it carefully.
Di Yu was slightly shocked and said: "No wonder this battle was so brutal. Queen Mother and the others were not fighting against humans, but... against aliens!"
The two princesses live in the capital and have never had direct dealings with the ghost clan. They only learned some information from the mouths of the empress and the others.
Now that they finally saw it with their own eyes, they were deeply shocked.
The Empress and Long Chen are actually fighting against this kind of thing!
"Princess, time is pressing. Could you please take us to the camp for handover?"
There may be problems if Hu Feiyang and two people take over the 200,000 Nanliang soldiers, so the two princesses must lead the way.
Di Yuwei nodded solemnly and said: "Okay, the two old generals are coming with us."
He Ningxin immediately prepared the carriage. The two princesses rode in the carriage. Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai escorted the ghost slave out of the city and headed west.
When I walked out along the street, there were many people watching on the road.
After leaving the west city gate, we quickly arrived at the military camp.
The winter in the capital is also very cold. It snows thickly in the camp, and the soldiers inside are training.
When the soldiers at the gate of the camp saw the two princesses, they immediately reported to the general Luo Qiwei.
After hearing the news, Luo Qiwei led the generals out to greet him.
"The last general, Luo Qiwei, pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Luo Qiwei was wearing armor, and her cheeks were red from the cold.
There are 200,000 Nanliang soldiers here. In order to prevent them from causing trouble, the empress asked Luo Qiwei's Peking Camp to watch.
The Nanliang soldiers here are basically selected from prisoners. They have good physical fitness and are considered elite soldiers.
"Without courtesy, lead the way to the Nanliang soldiers' camp."
Di Yuwei didn't talk nonsense, Luo Qiwei was ordered to lead the way, Hu Feiyang and the others followed, and the carriage pulled in.
The lieutenant generals had noticed something strange on the carriage, but because the princess was present, they couldn't ask more questions.
The soldiers from the Beida camp are on the outside, and the camp of the Nanliang soldiers is inside. The soldiers here are training, but it can be seen that everyone is working hard.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess is here!"
The soldiers shouted to clear the way. When the Nanliang soldiers heard that the princess of Zhou Dynasty had arrived, they put down their weapons and came over.
The leader was a stocky middle-aged man holding a wooden gun in his hand.
"I've met Princess Dazhou."
The man saluted indiscriminately, still holding a spear in his hand.
"You dare to hold soldiers in front of the princess! How presumptuous!"
When Luo Qiwei saw this man saluting without putting down his weapon, she immediately scolded him angrily.
The man looked at the wooden gun in his hand, looked back at the others, and said with a smile: "This is a wooden gun, what can it be used for? Is the princess still afraid of this?"
Only then did Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai realize that the soldiers in the barracks only had swords, guns, swords and halberds made from sacred trees, and no iron weapons.
This arrangement is partly because weapons made from sacred trees are needed to deal with the ghosts, and partly to prevent them from causing trouble.
The soldiers of Nanliang thought that Zhou deliberately gave wood to prevent or even humiliate them, so everyone was very angry and did not train seriously. They just went through the motions every day.
Di Yu frowned slightly and said, "What's your name!"
The man smiled and bowed his hands in greeting: "Thank you for your concern, princess. I will be the last general Peng Qing. My brother likes to call me Peng Laoer."
Di Yu said in a cold voice: "Peng Qing, do you know what this is!"
Peng Qing chuckled and said, "As for wood, a three-year-old can use it to burn fire sticks."
"Of course, General Luo said this is a sacred tree, specially designed to deal with ghosts."
The soldiers behind him burst into laughter.
Obviously, they felt that Luo Qiwei was deceiving, even teasing, and treating them like children.
Seeing that Peng Qing and the others were not dignified, He Ningxin yelled angrily: "How dare you be so playful in front of the princess!"
A burly man walked out from behind Peng Qing, holding a wooden knife in his hand, and said with a smile: "Sir, give us children wooden toys. If we don't play around, what do you want us to do?"
